Our Regional Management Board (RMB) guides our regional activities through the preparation, monitoring and delivery of the Regional Business Plan. The RMB is advised and supported by members of the Regional Activities Committee.
Regional Management Board

Scott O’Dell MRTPI
Chair of RTPI East Midlands 2021

Scott O’Dell MRTPI
Chair of RTPI East Midlands 2021
Scott is a Chartered Member of the RTPI working as an Associate Planner within the General Practice Planning Team for Fisher German. He has experience assisting and leading on a wide range of major and minor projects, predominantly within the rural, residential and commercial sectors. In January 2017, Scott joined the RTPI East Midlands Young Planners Committee providing support in organising a range of CPD and social events across the region. In 2018 the committee delivered the national RTPI Young Planners’ Conference in Nottingham where he was involved in budgeting and sponsorship. Following this great success in January 2019 Scott decided to volunteer on the RTPI East Midlands Regional Activities Committee to then be elected to the position of Vice Chair on the Regional Management Board in November. Going forward Scott will support the Chair, Chris Jesson in promoting great planning across the region alongside delivering a range of interesting and topical events.

Steve Kemp MRTPI
Nations and Regions Panel representative

Steve Kemp MRTPI
Nations and Regions Panel representative

Lynette Swinburne BSc (Hons) Dip TP MRTPI
General Assembly representative

Lynette Swinburne BSc (Hons) Dip TP MRTPI
General Assembly representative

John Scott
Immediate Past Chair

John Scott
Immediate Past Chair
John Scott, recently retired Director of Conservation and Planning at the Peak District National Park Authority, with over 30 years’ experience in both the public and private sector. John has been involved with the RTPI for many years, having been the East Midlands Region Honorary Secretary from 2004 to 2017. During this time he was also the Region’s representative on the Nations and Regions Panel and the General Assembly. John served as the East Midlands Chair in 2018 and 2019, having also been Chair in 2002. John has a great passion for Planning and the role of Planners – we have a really important job and the challenges that we face as a society simply underline the importance of planning – we need more of it, not less!